The Stock that Traded for $1,512,500 per Share

Many people think that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock (BRK-A) is the highest priced stock that ever traded, as it currently sells for $155,114 per share. There are a couple of California bank stocks that trade for more than $10,000 per share. Then there are stocks like Bactolac Pharmaceutical (BTCA) is a company which makes and distributes vitamins, nutraceuticals, and private label nutritional supplements. The stock last traded at $100,000 per share on December 21.

Hwever, none of these stocks come close to the real winner. The company is Yahoo! Japan Corporation (YAHOY). According to the Shareholder Relations department for the Yahoo! Japan company, the highest price of the stock was 167.9 million Japanese Yen on Feb. 22, 2000, during the dot com boom. If you exchange the amount of Japanese Yen into US dollars at the exchange rate at that time (Approx USD1=JPY111.01), it was approximately $1,512,500 per share. Now the stock is down to 13.95 per share.

Yahoo! Japan is a Japanese Internet company formed as a joint venture between the American Internet company Yahoo! (YHOO) and the Japanese internet company SoftBank (SFTBF). It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Disclosure: Author owns YHOO.

By Stockerblog.com

Five Stocks Trading above $4000 a Share

Some investors like low priced stocks, some like high priced stocks, some don't care what the price is as long as the stock price goes up. Here are five stocks that are trading above $4,000 a share.

Of course the most famous high price stock is Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A) which is trading at $143,300 per share. The stock trades at 17.8 times current earnings.

Bactolac Pharmaceutical (BTCA) is a company which makes and distributes vitamins, nutraceuticals, and private label nutritional supplements. The stock last traded at $100,000 per share on December 21. Back in 2008, the stock traded as low as $24,050.

Ergo Science Corporation (ERGN) is a publisher of business information through printed magazines, Web sites, data services and directories. The stock last traded at $9,000 on January 3.

Highwater Ethanol (HEOL) last traded at $5,500 per share on March 22.

The Seibels Bruce Group (SBBG) is a provider of services to the insurance industry and offers automobile, flood, and other property and casualty insurance services. This stock is much more actively traded than most of the other above, as two shares traded today at $4300 per share.

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